The majority have lovely views of Gros Piton across the waters of the Sugar Mill lily pond and the ruins of an 18th
century sugar mill.
You will see and learn how crops such as coconut is processed into copra, cocoa (chocolate) beans into cocoa sticks and how sugar cane juice is extracted from an 18th
century sugar mill.
Not exact matches
It was not until the late nineteenth
century that white bread, biscuits, and cakes made from white flour and
sugars became mainstays in the diets of industrialized nations, and these products were only made possible with the invention of high - speed
milling machines.28 Dr. Price observed the unmistakable consequences of these dietary changes during his travels and documented their corresponding health effects.
At the on - site restaurant, housed in a
centuries - old converted
sugar mill, the catch of the day is grilled to perfection.
colonial
sugar mill, with its flywheels intact, gives testimony to the crude industrialization of the past
century.
The old
sugar plantations tell a story of an almost time - forgotten island with
centuries old
sugar mills to be discovered with weathered iron machinery from the original
sugar works of the 1700's.
Finally, we continue to the Balenbouche estate; the working plantation proudly demonstrates the life of the 18th
century with remains of the old sugar mill and a visit to the 18th Century plantation
century with remains of the old
sugar mill and a visit to the 18th
Century plantation
Century plantation House.
Dotted all around the island are remnants of Dutch windmills that were used for
sugar milling centuries ago, the primary suppliers for Cruzan rum.